The 40th

César Awards The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...

ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the

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. The ceremony was chaired by actor-director

Dany Boon Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...

, with actor

Édouard Baer Édouard Baer (born 1 December 1966) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality. In 2009, he participated in the French television programme ''Rendez-vous en terre inconnue''. On 5 March 2015 he appeared with S ...

acting as master of ceremonies for the second time. The nominations were announced on 28 January 2015 by Édouard Baer and Academy President

Alain Terzian Alain Terzian (born 2 May 1949) is a French-Armenian film producer, Administrator of Cannes Film Festival jury, and former President of Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. He is the chief executive officer of ''Alter Films'' and the Pre ...

. '' Saint Laurent'' received the most nominations with ten, followed by '' Love at First Fight'' with nine nominations. In related events, the Médaille d'Or was awarded for the first time at a ceremony held at

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on 19 January 2015.

Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films ''Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the ' ...

was honoured by the Academy for his outstanding artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to the French cinema for the past 3 decades. On 16 February 2015, in a ceremony at the

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, Sylvie Pialat, who produced ''

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'' via Les Films du Worso, was awarded the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producer of the year for the second consecutive year. ''

'' won seven awards including

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and Best Director for

Abderrahmane Sissako Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, wi ...

. Other winners included '' Love at First Fight'' with three awards, and '' Yves Saint Laurent'', ''

Hippocrate ''Hippocrate'' (also known as ''Hippocrates'' and ''Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor'') is a 2014 French drama film directed by Thomas Lilti. It was screened as part of the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festiva ...

'', ''

Clouds of Sils Maria ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (known simply as ''Sils Maria'' in some territories) is a 2014 psychological drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz. The film is a Fren ...

'', ''

La Famille Bélier (released as ''The Bélier Family'' in Australia) is a 2014 French-Belgian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Éric Lartigau. The film received six nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Most Promising Actress for Louane Emera. ...

'', ''

Diplomacy Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. ...

'', '' Saint Laurent'', ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

'', '' The Salt of the Earth'', '' Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants'', ''Les Petits Cailloux'', ''La Femme de Rio'' and '' Mommy'' with one.

Winners and nominees

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards:

Presenters

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards at the ceremony.

Viewers

The show was followed by 2.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 13.6% of the audience.

References

External links

César Awards official website
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Winners and nominees

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Presenters

Viewers

See also

References

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